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Shovels, Pulaskis and Men

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Title
Shovels, Pulaskis and Men
Date Created
1966
Description
Training film used by California wildland firefighters in similar open terrain and fuels. Designed for fire wardens, rangers or other personnel with responsibility for small crew organization and training. Demonstrations of training sessions for hot-spotting, line strengthening and mop-up are shown on charts and then on actual fire. Accurate depiction of the tools, methods and techniques found to be effective in wildland firefighting prior to the widespread availability of aircraft and other modern tools. Produced by USFS R4.
Creators and Contributors
Creator: United States. Forest Service
Subject Topic
Wildfires
Fire engines and equipment
Firefighters
Genre
Educational Films
Media type
Moving Image
Format
16mm film
Extent
1 Reel
Generation
Print
Base type
Acetate
Color or Black and White
Color
Track standard
Film
Sound or silent
Sound
Copyright Statement
Public domain. No restrictions on use
Country of Creation
United States
Source Institution
Cal Fire Museum
Link to Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/casbcfm_000045